Former Senate Minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, has expressed regrets for what he referred to as “imposing” the Akwa Ibom state governor, Udom Emmanuel, on the people of the state.
Apologising before a crowd at Ikot Ekpene Plaza, Akpabio, who returned from his mother-in-law’s burial at Enugu on Sunday evening, said Emmanuel was the greatest mistake he made in a rush, and requested to be forgiven.
The immediate past governor, Akpabio, who represents Akwa Ibom North West in the Senate, stated that Emmanuel “is a mistake that ought to be corrected in 2019.”
“Udom (Emmanuel) is a mistake that have to be corrected in 2019. All hands must be on deck to make sure that the error is corrected for a people-orientated leadership under the ruling All Progressives Congress at the centre.”
In step with him, “Emmanuel’s administration has failed the people,” forcing him to take decisive moves to correct the anomaly for posterity to be fair on him.
Akpabio spoke of the prevalence of starvation and deprivation in Akwa Ibom state since the Emmanuel administration assumed power, adding that it was time for “holistic action” to liberate the state from the shackles of horrific governance.
Akpabio had, in the run up to the 2015 elections, declared Emmanuel, then Secretary to the state government, next in line to succeed him, even when 26 aspirants jostled for the post.
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